Research Article
Writing Responses to Controversial Topic in ELT: A Case of High Order Thinking Skill Development in an Indonesian Vocational School
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2290952, author={Z. W Lestari and Yadi Firmansyah and Noviantoro Noviantoro and Fajar Khoerul and Hendi Syahmadi}, title={Writing Responses to Controversial Topic in ELT: A Case of High Order Thinking Skill Development in an Indonesian Vocational School }, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Science and Technology for the Internet of Things, ICSTI 2019, September 3rd 2019, Yogyakarta, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICSTI}, year={2020}, month={3}, keywords={controversial topic high order thinking skills written response}, doi={10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2290952} }- Z. W Lestari
Yadi Firmansyah
Noviantoro Noviantoro
Fajar Khoerul
Hendi Syahmadi
Year: 2020
Writing Responses to Controversial Topic in ELT: A Case of High Order Thinking Skill Development in an Indonesian Vocational School
ICSTI
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2290952
Abstract
The professional environment requires not only appropriate expertise in the field, but also human resources capable of adapting to thinking skills. Vocational school’s curriculum begins to integrate the concept of critical thinking in the 2013 curriculum. This research was done to explore the possibilities of controversial topics to stimulate students' thinking skills. As many as 33 students were involved in this study and their written responses were analyzed with text analysis adapting Bloom's taxonomy framework. The results of the study show that controversial topics are able to stimulate students to respond to a problem with a more complex mindset than they normally do. Their response writing shows that by connecting limited background knowledge, they begin to see problems from different sides. It is recommended to further explore the use of controversial topics to promote students’ critical thinking yet advise further research on how far controversial topic may be implemented in Indonesian EFL context.